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Two minutes before IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s France-bound airplane was set to take off on Saturday at the Kennedy International Airport, he was pulled off by Port Authority personnel, reported the New York Post.

A local government in rural Hunan, China, through its family planning agency, abducts children from local families and then presumably sold them, reported Chinese newspaper Caixin.

President Barack Obama wants more domestic oil drilling, including off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Playstation Network outage has inconvenienced and enraged tens of millions of Playstation users for weeks now.

Will Mike Huckabee run for President in 2012? Polls suggest he has a good shot.

Two Florida Imams, also US citizens, have been accused by the US Justice Department with supporting the Pakistani Taliban.

The stock market performance of major stock indices in 2011 may shock you. One of the best-performing markets is the US. That’s right – the lumbering, deficit ridden, and low-growth giant.

QE2 ends in June 30, 2011. When that happens, what will save the stock market?

US stocks closed modestly down despite solid data as the market continues to exhibit risk aversion.

A porn stash has been discovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. ABC News reported that the “huge” stash, including video tape materials, was found in a wooden box in bin Laden’s bedroom.

If the e-sports gaming industry wants to go mainstream in the US, have a dedicated TV channel, and make it possible for professional players to make good money, it needs casual fans.

Many describe 2011 as a period of “heightened uncertainty” for the global economy because there are so many things than can go seriously wrong.

Investors seem to be scared of the end of QE2 on June 30, 2011

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is running for the President of the United States.

Two suicide bombers from Pakistan’s Taliban branch set off blasts that killed 80 people and wounded over 100 at a Pakistan paramilitary police academy.

The US dollar's reserve currency status is challenged by the Chinese yuan and gold, said experts in the financial industry.

Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC, partly in jest, suggested that investors should consider selling their stocks around July 2011.

Fifty percent of people believe the US stock market will drop more than 30 percent in the next 12 months, according to the latest Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index poll.

Anne Gudefin, PIMCO’s global equities portfolio manager, likes gold.

As the Greek debt crisis continues to worsen, the euro looks poised to slip further.

A new breed of black politicians has emerged, led by the likes of Barack Obama and Herman Cain.

The CME Group raised margin requirements on oil futures for May 10 for the fourth time since February to $6,250 per contract. In response, oil futures plunged more than 5 percent to $98.5 per barrel on May 11.

Earthquakes in Spain killed 8 people in total, including 1 minor, according to El Pais, a Spanish newspaper.

Herman Cain’s 5 step plan would boost the US economy and create jobs, according to Daniel Mitchell, an economists and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

The Chinese economy may be in trouble and the stock market seems to acknowledge the dangers.

In the latest example of government spending gone wild, The Orange County Register reported that some lifeguards in the nearly bankrupt state of California make over $200,000 per year.

A commodities crash – or at least a severe correction – may be coming in 2011.

Herman Cain is the new exciting Republican candidate in the 2012 presidential race. He has won several straw polls and the first debate among 2012 Republican candidates.

A study from Oxford University suggests that hazy memory recall is a sign of depression.